Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 339708, member: 6444&quot;]I&#039;ve had this for some time, one of those things I put aside until I had time to figure it out. The image is about 1-1/4 inch by 1 inch. When hearing about these often being on ivory, I looked more carefully and decided that this one likely is on ivory (so that&#039;s my working theory), thus the long crack which I lined up as closely as possible for the picture, though on a flat surface I think it could match without any gaps or overlap. Dirt is obvious but I haven&#039;t tried to clean it off and won&#039;t for now. Clearly this is in two pieces; the larger piece is free and I lifted it up and it does look like ivory from underneath. This is one of a pair of facing images, the other is similar but face is different and she may be a little older - probably a sister but wearing an identical dress - that one in in three pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a wood box with red leather covering that opens with a hinge for the two images. From the outside in, the layers are the red leather, the very thin wood box, what looks like a piece of vellum, then the ivory rests on top, then a piece of glass on top of that and of course the velvet around the image portion. It&#039;s had a hard life - I rescued it from a dumpster after an estate cleanout - and I got it in parts so it needs repair, and I&#039;m comfortable with the repair except for the split pieces of ivory. There is no sign of glue on the vellum, so I don&#039;t think the ivory&nbsp; was ever attached and it just floated on the vellum held in by the glass on top.</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone ever dealt with a piece of ivory that has split like this and how to repair it? If you haven&#039;t repaired yourself, have you taken one out for repair? Although I repair everything myself I would consider taking it to a conservator if it was valuable enough, but it looks like these are only a couple hundred dollars on ebay so hiring an expert to repair is probably more than it is worth?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]114130[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in